Gainesville Circus Center

Analysis

Gainesville Circus Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Gainesville, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Gainesville Circus Center reported income of $520k and spending of $516k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $274k to $520k (+90%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Gainesville Circus Center sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Millinocket Memorial Library ($520k), Mt Gilead Camp and Conference Center ($520k) and Kansas Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics Inc ($520k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 46% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $125k (24% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $61k. At year end it held assets of $76k against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $932. It reported 20 employees.